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Walter Janka
German author and publisher (1914–1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Janka (29 April 1914 – 17 March 1994) was a German communist, political activist and writer who became a publisher.[1]
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![]() Walter Janka at the extraordinary party congress of the SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany/Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) in Berlin (December 1989) | |
Born | 29 April 1914 |
Died | 17 March 1994 (1994-03-18) (aged 79) |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Publisher |
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Janka is notable for having spent time incarcerated as a political prisoner under the rule of the Nazis and later imprisoned under suspicion of counter-revolutionary activities by the Supreme Court of East Germany, in both cases serving most of his sentence at Bautzen prison.